Dr. Matthew Uwuigbe, a senior lecturer at Ambrose Alli University in Ekpoma, which is owned by the Edo State government, has collapsed and died in a hotel room following an alleged sexual encounter with a 21-year-old commercial sex worker known as Angela Defa Jacob.
The incident took place on Sunday at a hotel located in the Mosco area of Ekpoma, within Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State.
The lecturer had checked into the hotel together with the sex worker and passed away shortly after the encounter.
While confirming the incident on Tuesday, the spokesperson for the Edo State Police Command, Eno Ikoedem, stated that three people have been taken into custody in connection with what happened.
She said, “On October 5, 2026, at about 8 pm, the command received a report that Matthew Uwuigbe, a lecturer at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, had lodged at a hotel in Ekpoma and engaged the services of a 21-year-old sex worker, Angela Defa Jacob.
“He subsequently sent the woman to purchase water for him, and upon her return, she found him lying dead in the room.”
Ikoedem stated that the hotel owner, the manager, and the sex worker are presently in custody as the investigation goes on.
She further noted that the body has been placed in the mortuary at Oriaifo Memorial Hospital.
In the meantime, the university’s Public Relations Officer, Otunba Mike Ade Aladenika, confirmed to PM News that Uwuigbe works for the institution, but he noted that the incident took place off campus.
“We are not denying that he is our staff, but whatever he did and what happened, it is his private life. The girl in question is not our student, and everything happened outside our institution,” he told the news outlet.
